The Shemwell Family

Cornelia Stith NicholsAge: 84 years18441928

Name
Cornelia Stith Nichols
Given names
Cornelia Stith
Surname
Nichols
Married name
Cornelia Stith Cliffe
Birth August 11, 1844 55 45
Death of a sisterLaura Douglas Nichols
October 2, 1848 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 16 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a sisterMatilda Puryear Nichols
June 29, 1857 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherDr Ferdinand Stith Nichols
May 3, 1859 (Age 14 years)
Death of a brotherHarrison Nichols
August 22, 1859 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a fatherJohn Nichols Jr.
May 7, 1863 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 22 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 24 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Death of a sisterMargaret Nichols
July 27, 1871 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherElizabeth “Betsy” McCown
July 24, 1881 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a sisterSusan Ann Nichols
November 14, 1901 (Age 57 years)

Death of a brotherPvt James McAllister “Blackhawk” Nichols
November 12, 1910 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherPvt George Searight Nichols
September 15, 1918 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 73 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death December 9, 1928 (Age 84 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: October 29, 1814Davidson, Tennessee, United States
16 months
elder sister
Margaret Nichols
Birth: March 11, 1816 26 17Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 27, 1871Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder brother
Harrison Nichols
Birth: February 22, 1818 28 19Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 22, 1859Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Susan Ann Nichols
Birth: October 7, 1820 31 21Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1901
6 years
elder sister
Matilda Puryear Nichols
Birth: about 1826 36 26Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 29, 1857Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Laura Douglas Nichols
Birth: about 1829 39 29Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 2, 1848Williamson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Dr Ferdinand Stith Nichols
Birth: about 1830 40 30Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 3, 1859Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Pvt James McAllister “Blackhawk” Nichols
Birth: December 7, 1833 44 34Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 12, 1910Williamson, Tennessee, United States
9 years
elder brother
Pvt George Searight Nichols
Birth: August 23, 1842 53 43Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 15, 1918Williamson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Cornelia Stith Nichols
Birth: August 11, 1844 55 45Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 9, 1928Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States

Cornelia Stith Nichols has 8 first cousins recorded